'I love the stones and the bones of the place.'

A heartfelt tribute to Glasgow by former President of Ireland Mary McAleese.

She regaled us with a fascinating Donald Dewar Memorial Lecture at University of Glasgow this evening on her career and the rich bonds between Scotland and Ireland

We are delighted to welcome former President of Ireland Professor Mary McAleese for the Stevenson Trust for Citizenship Donald Dewar Memorial Lecture.

It's a pleasure to learn about her knowledge and experience.

Packed out room to see Professor Mary McAleese giving the Donald Dewer Memorial Lecture.

Excited to be at tonight's University of Glasgow Stevenson Trust for Citizenship Donald Dewar Memorial Lecture with former Irish PM Professor Mary McAleese - described by Christopher J Carman as 'a force of nature'

Our first newsletter has landed!📨📣

Featuring Senior Fellow Prof Chris Chapman on education reform, Research Associate Dan Fisher 🧡 on the New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy, and Research Associate Hannah Salamon on gender and the climate crisis.

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📝Professor Nicola McEwen speaks to Good Morning Scotland about the motion of no confidence in the First Minister

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Centre Director Professor Nicola McEwen spoke with Andrew Black on Good Morning Scotland BBC Radio Scotland this morning, outlining possible outcomes for Humza Yousaf as he faces a potential vote of no confidence next week 📣

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Centre Honorary Professor makes major intervention on climate change 📣

Honorary Professor Chris Stark Chris Stark gave a timely interview to Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday about the recent Scottish Government decision to remove climate change targets.

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Exciting Centre for Public Policy event in May to mark 25 years of the Scottish Parliament!

Chaired by the wonderful Brian Taylor, we’ll be hearing from:
🎤 Alison Johnstone
🎤Ken Macintosh
🎤Meghan Gallacher MSP
🎤Nicola McEwen
🎤 Kezia Dugdale
🎤 David N.F. Bell
🎤 Elizabeth Bomberg

And more to come…

Lots of people asking about Scotland's climate targets today (understandably).

We won't comment before we see what the Scottish Government is planning, but our position on the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿2030 target is already very clear. It was in two key bits of advice, published already.
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The Centre is delighted to formally introduce its Advisory Board. Led by Sir John Elvidge, former Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government, the board brings expertise from across political parties, governments, disciplines, and sectors.

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Our Director, Professor Nicola McEwen is speaking to the Poverty Alliance this afternoon about Minimum Income Guarantee.

The conversation will focus on legislative competence, the devolution settlement and what this could mean for policy development. #MinimumIncomeGuarantee

👀ChatGPT, draft me a tweet about how fun this Policy School was:

Had a blast facilitating a Policy School on AI for the Cabinet Office! Learned tons & loved seeing the excitement for AI's potential in public policy. #AIforGood #PolicyFun #NeverStopLearning

...not far off tbh!

What fabby colleagues at University of Glasgow - very lucky to work with Charlotte Morris and Dr Elisabeth Loose 💕⭐️

“Women in Pubs Again” - a winning (if not niche) name 👏🏻🥂